To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
To be very hungry.
Hey, ma, I'm starving! What's for dinner?
To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
The patient's brain was starved of oxygen.
To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
(especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold.
I was half starved waiting out in that wind.
Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
(by extension) Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.
Extremely hungry.
I'm starved! I haven't eaten since breakfast.